Processing Prickly Pear for Juice, Powder & Seed
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2019
- The Prickly Pear Cactus is a very useful source of food with nutritional & medicinal benefits. The fruit is high in vit C and has so many other vitamins like Magnesium, Phosphorus, Calcium, Potassium, copper to name a few. It also has antioxidants and is anti-inflammatory.
I grow prickly pears on my farm. I blanch the fruit in almost boiling water for a few minutes and it gets rid of all the glaucids (small prickles). After this, I can handle them with my hand and not get prickled! It also makes them easier to peel as well, you just top and tail them, then cut them dorsally, and the skin peels right off!
Ok that sounds like a good method too. I guess it depends on what you want for the end product. To juice them as I was doing that would be an extra step. Most of my fruit doesn’t have many glochids if I am careful when I harvest. Cutting and dropping in blender is quick for me then just add a little water to blend. But for preparing fresh fruit to eat or even freezing fruit whole the hot water method would do well. Thanks for tips😊👍
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to post this video. We have tons of cactus on our property here in West Texas. I have been learning about all the herbs and plants that grow on our property to use as medicine and food. This was very helpful! God is good to give us everything we need for life. Glad to know how to use prickly pear more extensively. I appreciate your wisdom and knowledge. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful😊
Yes, God is so good. There is so much in His creation that we have available even without cultivating a garden. But both are from Him. God bless 🌸
@@Gods_creation.His_harvest I also discovered you can make prickly pear vinegar quite easily. Just pour your blended pears in a glass jar or crock, put a cloth over the top and let it sit in a warm place for a couple of months or so until a mother forms on top and pH is 4 or below. Then strain and store in cabinet.
@@chelsaistre584 will have to try that😊
You are fortunate to have a very accommodating variety of the cactus. The pears from my cactus have at least double the spine nodes per fruit and I have to spend a fair bit of effort to scrape, abrade, or scorch off the spines before I can handle them.
Hmm, that is unfortunate. This glochids are no fun. 🙁
Mine, too!
Amazing Michelle!! Thank you very much!
Your welcome! ☺️
Fabulous video! The best one on preparing cactus apples so far!
Thanks! Glad it was helpful. Never heard them called “Cactus apples” lol
I call them “cactus fig” or in Spanish they are called “tuna” I believe.
Thanks !
Great multiple uses. Thanks for sharing!❤
Your welcome ☺️
Glad it was helpful! God bless🌸
Great video on how to make the most out of prickly pears. I love the flavor of the fruits and would love to grow them one day. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Your welcome, God bless🌺
Wow, that is very informative and helpful. I'm juicing some of the fruit right now. But your video has made me want to dehydrate the pulp and get some of the extra products!. I just put some of the fresh juice in a batch of kefir water. We'll see how that turns out.
Thank you so much .That was a FANTASTIC help
Your very welcome😊
God bless 🌸
Terrific! best video for making prickly pear juice !! and dehydrating the rest for later, thank you for sharing! and God Bless
Thank you, God bless🌸
What an amazing video! So educational, creative, and inspiring. Thank you.
Thank you! So glad it was helpful ☺️
God bless 🌸
I learned a lot from your video, neat that you dry the mushed up prickly pear fruit, then dried can separate the fruit from the seed, the fruit made into powder, and the seed saved for other usage. Also, the chopping up the fruit and freezing it into ice cube trays to add to fruit drinks. I will try to remember this. It has also made me truly appreciate how much work, that the Native American women used to have to do in order to provide food year around in that harsh climate.
I am glad it was a helpful and yes truly the native Americans worked hard to preserve their food. It is work that can be time consuming but good to know especially during hard times. Thanks for your comment😊God bless🌼
Excellent use of the entire fruit! Great video.
Thank you, glad it was helpful. God bless 🌸
Wonderful
thank you so much for your video. Love you
So glad it was helpful😊
God bless 🌸
Such a great video! 😊
Glad it was helpful ☺️God bless
Eating preakly pears is very good for diabetic people and the powder too. the seeds are also used to make oil for your skin. i love Preakly pears, thankyou for your videos|
Your welcome! That is good to know about the seeds. I wonder if the oil can be made at home? Do you know?
Well done video. Clear & concise.. thank you.
Your welcome, glad it was helpful 😊
Just beautiful! GOD bless!
Glad it was helpful😊
Godbless🌸
Wow amazing prickly pear is my favorite fruit I buy it in cases I learned a lot from your video going to buy me a dehydrator to make powder I have a juicer I juice it with I wish I can show u how I juice mines
Like how you turned the whole fruit into something useful. I just bought whole bag of prickly pears. Thanks for the info.
marlon strachan your welcome! God bless and enjoy your prickly pears😊
Thank you so much for creating this informative video.
You are welcome! Glad it was helpful☺️
God bless 🌸
Absolutely love this!! Now taking nopal to aid kidney health so I realllyyyy needed this
Glad it was helpful! Are you using the leaf (Napale) both the fruit and napale leaf is edible? God bless
@Gods_creation.His_harvest until the video I did not know pricly pear had fruit. Looking to buy and learn more
great video, good to see all parts of the fruit was utilized as my Mom used to say "waste not want not"
Yes I try not to waste anything. It either goes to food, compost, chickens or furnace for heat. 😊
God bless 🌸
Mine said that too, and so do I
Wonderful presentation to the point
Love it
Glad it was helpful😊
God bless🌸
This is a wonderful learning experience. I have purchased 1 dozen of the fruits yesterday. The color of the fruit is unresistable and versatile. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Your welcome 😊
God bless🌸
I am so glad I found this. I was going to trash most of this fruit. Now I know better!!! THANKS
LadyNorma Beth Glad it helped😊
God bless
Amazing, I have a lot of this fruit in our farm but I don’t use it like you,we only make a juice. Thank you so much for your great video
Your welcome, God bless🌺
The best video so far on the usage of prickly pear. I'd like to know how to use the seeds for flour.
I have used some in my bread so far. Just added a small amount. I think it was like a nutty flavor. I would think it would do well in pancakes. Need to try that.
Very useful information. Thank you for sharing your experiments with prickly pears.
Dilipsinh Jhala
India
Your welcome! Glad it was helpful:) God bless 🌸
Thank you
Your welcome! God bless ☺️🌸🌱
I'd love to have some of the grains. I wish I still had my prickly pear cactus
I do not sell the powder if that is what you are referring to by “grains”. If you were local I would be happy to share a napale with you that you could plant.
Nice work
Thanks 😊
Outstanding video!!
Thank you, Glad it was helpful☺️
God bless 🌸
How did the flour turn out?
If you are speaking of the seeds. I have ground them in my stone grinder and have used them in bread a little. I have yet to work with them a lot. I have a lot of seeds and so I usually will keep in seed form until I use. I have also made prickly pear juice powder. I have a freeze dryer now so I will use that instead of dehydrating. I use powder in smoothies. A little seed flour worked good to use in bread to give a nutty taste.
I juice mine like this and make a smoothie of them with frozen bananas and lemon juice. Soooooo good! It's so creamy! 😋😋😋😋
Sounds delicious ☺️
Great video, thanks, lot of work on the fruit. Then the editing I,m sure.
Yes😊Hope it was helpful, God bless🌺
Hi. You can use a squeeze cloth/bag to get the juice faster and easier 😊 nice videos. I love aloe veras too.
peachmango pie yes I do that. I think I show that at end of video. If you want a thicker more concentrated juice a screen is better to start because this fruit has a lot of mucilage. But adding more water you can use squeeze cloth👍
Have you ever made fruit leather in the dehydrator from some of the juice?
What an amazing video!! You should have more, much more subscribers, I don't understand.... Anyways, thank you so much for taking the time. You've inspired me to buy some day a dehydrator and one of those special blenders. God bless. Ps. I just planted a nopal that I got from my family, but not sure if its the same, since I have never noticed any of the prickly pear fruit. Does it perhaps go by a different name? Or where can I buy the plant?
Bonne Gomez Glad you enjoyed the video and that it was helpful😊
It is called prickly pear Cactus and there are different varieties. Here is a link I found that may help you. www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/cacti-succulents/prickly-pear/opuntia-cactus-varieties.htm
It does take a few years from when you plant your Napale to have it get big enough to produce fruit.
God bless🌺
I'd like seeing your favorite ways of using prickly pear and the aloe . I'm an herbalist and Christian. Enjoying your channel Blessings
Little Jordan Farm Hello! God’s Creation is amazing! It is nice to meet Christians who are herbalist. I have grown and worked with herbs for years but am not “officially” an herbalists. I enjoy sharing what I do in growing, processing & using herbs and wild edible/medicinal plants and love to learn from others. I use my Aloe for my hair, skin & internally as well. And I use the Prickly Pear in my Kombucha, smoothies & even in my homemade jello I make from chicken feet. I hope to gather my video files and create more videos as time permits. Thanks for your comments and God bless 😊🌺
@@Gods_creation.His_harvest I'm not a licensed herbalist either. I reported my aloe today. Cat knocked one over. Most of its roots were broke off hope it makes it. Blessings again 😊
Little Jordan Farm it still may make it. I just planted some that were sitting around for awhile because i didn’t get to them after I had pulled them out of a crowded pot. They didn’t have a very good root system but had a good amount of stem that would produce more roots. So I am testing them to see how they do. Never hurts to try. God bless😊
just bearutiful the way your processed edible prickly pear with your future children admirable ..me watching from PAK.
Thank you and I am glad if it was helpful to you. Do you grow it there in PAK?
@@Gods_creation.His_harvest just 2 days ago i picked up small ones and planted in my garden container ... actually there are numerous cactus plants along river side which is hardly 3 furlong distance from our home they grow wild there , twenty year back they were not there but i dont know from where seeds came with flood and now they r growing on large scale wildly in sandy soil,, thanks
Great☺️
learned so much. Those are just about the biggest tunas I've ever seen. What is that? A wheel cactus?
Glad it was helpful! It is Prickly pear cactus. ☺️
Hello 👋
I know this is an old video, but I'm hoping you'll sill see it.
Your cactus are gorgeous 😍 What type are they? I love how they are not so large and they grow a lot of fruit ❤ thank you for sharing this video!
Hello yes it is old but I do get notifications when so one comments ☺️
This are prickly pear Cactus. If you lived by me I would give you one to start your own. They are easy to grow. But require full sun to bear good fruit.
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Ice cream, Yogurt, Purple Goddess Smoothie? Overnight/Baked Oatmeal? Parfait, Cupcake Frosting, Toast a nut & seed mix in salt or any flavor and make your trail mix, granola. Jam, jelly or marmalade? fruit roll
Great video! Keep making them...
Amee thank you😊
Awesome usefull video! Love it!! Question what can be done without all the sugar?
I put prickly pear in smoothies
Thanks, glad it was helpful! ☺️🌸
This is so amazingly informative! Thank you! Where are you located? What are the climate/soil conditions like?
Glad it was helpful😊We live in southern Virginia close to NC
We have all 4 seasons here. It gets cold and sometimes snow. Gets below freezing but not enough to damage the prickly Pear. God bless 🌸
Soil is clay/loam depending. I make a lot of my own soil by adding compost. But prickly pear is easy to grow.
Amazing, I can’t wait to do this in Jamaica where the clime allows me to grow and harvest rather than buy from the market.
That sounds great! Blessings in Jamaica ☺️
This process might work equally well for mulberries.
Blessing and more blessings to you and your family in Jesus name Amen
Thank you! Blessings to you as well.
Love the fruit. Only it is expensive. For £2get a punnet of six or seven.
Bought few punnets for friends who had sensitive lungs and she ate it. Helps.
It does take a lot to process and actually I found even an easier way using the harvest right freeze dryer. I hope to make another UA-cam doing that.
Can you grow in your area or can your friend?
Yes, I’ve would think it would be good for colds because it is high in vitamin C.😊
You are wonderful, thank-you, if you sell this I hope you sell alot
Dolores Cook thank you I just process for myself and share if I can.
Great video! Do you sell cuttings?
I am not in the business at the moment. Where do you live?
Can you tell me what the name is of the variety that you grow. They have prolific fruiting and much more compact than I am used to here is Australia.
I believe it’s the Indian variety with red fruit. This variety also has pink & yellow fruit. Mine are the red fruit variety.
I like how you make use of the pulp and seeds. Any way to dehydrate using the oven?
I think some ovens have a dehydration temperature mode where it can go low enough you don’t want it to go any higher than 135. But for the fruit I would probably Not go any higher than 115
Where is this located? What's the history of that variety? It's Opuntia ficus-indica?
We live in Virginia. USA
I noticed yours didn’t seem to have any seeds. When I wild craft them here in New Mexico, the fruit is much smaller and full of seeds. I’m assuming I should de-seed them before blending, but do you happen to know? It would sure be easier to leave them in and strain them out later.
Did you watch the whole video? Mine do have seeds. I blend with seeds. If you watch through you will see what I do with remaining pulp and seeds after extracting juice.
Beautiful..I have never seen this in my life, I want to grow them. Where can I purchase them? Thanks
Yarden Food Forest if you know anyone who has a prickly pear in their yard or any place. You can ask if you can have one Napale leaf. Just lay leaf down flat on soil or plant standing upright with 1/3 part in soil and it will grow. Just plant in sunny location where it has lots of room away from children because of thorns.
@@Familyadventures727 Okay thanks so much, I will definitely do this.
I'd love to hear about how you've used the seeds!
I have ground some into flour and added to my bread. It gives a nutty flavor. You can add to pancakes too. They are hard seeds. I have a stone grinder so that works for grinding them. Not sure how other grinders would do. I have a blendtec but have not tried in that yet. Once I try more things maybe I can do a video ☺️
@@Gods_creation.His_harvest I'll have to look up stone grinders, I don't know anything about them. Unless you mean like a molcajete.
A stone grinder can be purchased either electric or manual. I have an electric one to grind my seeds into flour. This is the kind I have though I purchased mine many years ago for a bit less. They are expensive. There are other options and also cheaper manually operated ones.
wisementrading.com/food-storage/grain-mills/golden-grain-grinder/
Beautiful video. Do you sell any of your frozen cubes or other prickly pear products because I am very interested. If you do write me back here and even if you don’t. GoodLuck
Glad if the video was helpful to you. I do not market my products. Just for personal use. Prickly Pear is easy to grow. If you can get a Napale somewhere in your area. Just lay on fairly furtile ground and it will take root.
Hi- I am looking for some much needed information about prickly pears! They are one of my favorite fruits and I usually buy them at the store, red and green ones. A few months ago I pulled over on the side of the road to pick some wild prickly pears because I've never had the opportunity to eat them wild since I don't have my own plant and don't know anyone else who does either. I picked about 15 or so and did a bit of research to make sure it was safe to eat the wild ones and I found absolutely nothing about wild prickly pears being poisonous. Even though I didn't find a thing about them being dangerous, I still only I ate one that day just to be on the safe side. I was totally fine so the next day I decided to eat as much as I wanted since I love them so much. I probably ate about 12 of them or so spread out throughout that day, (yes I know it was a lot but like I said they are my favorite lol). I ate two more around 6 in the evening and within a few minutes I began feeling unwell. I spiked a fever and had chills out of nowhere. I didn't know if it was just a strange coincidence or if there was something wrong with the last two prickly pears that I ate or if there was pesticides on them or what?! I had no idea but it was a bit scary so I called Poison Control. They said there was nothing in their database about prickly pears being poisonous and not to worry about it. I have been rackhing my brain ever since trying to figure out what happened that day. I finally came across one tiny bit of information in a book someone had written that said some prickly pears can give you a temperature and the chills but they are still not poisonous and it only happens if you eat too many- too many being more than two or three depending on the person's tolerance. Apparently I must have an extremely high tolerance because I had a ton of them and felt fine all day until the last two I ate. My question is have you heard ANYTHING at all about prickly pears causing chills and a fever? I really wanted to plant my own cactus pear so I could grow prickly pears but now I am afraid to do it because of how sick it made me. I also prefer the wild ones over the store bought and really wanted to use the wild seeds but I don't know which wild seeds are safer thanothers. I know for sure of that the store-bought ones do not make people sick in any way because they have been cultivated in such a way as to prevent this from happening. However I'm so confused about which wild ones are edible and which are not because they say although all wild ones are edible, some do gives people chills and afever but at the same time I see people eat tons of these on UA-cam videos and never mention anything about chills and fever. ANY advice would be greatly appreciated as NO ONE seems to know anything about this.
Everly Green so sorry you had that experience😔
This information is new to me as well. I have never heard of getting fever from prickly pear. I did give some of my powder to a friend who had RA and she said it constipated her. Though normally it is the other way around and should help with bowel movements i think if too much is consumed and especially in powder form with not enough water that can happen. But as far as fevers I have not heard of that. Did you make sure they were all cleaned well and that you did not eat any that were possibly too ripe and fermented? You may not want to consume too many at one time. It is good to go slow with new things that your body is not familiar with.
Where do you live? What zone are you?
Yes you can get chills and fever from to many. Same happened to me. Looked it up and it's a normal thing. Not pleasant, but normal.
I also had a similar experience the first time I tried it. Got heat exhaustion while working the day I drank the juice. But since then I have been doing big harvests once or twice a year and making prickly pear fruit syrup. Observe moderation in the quantity you take in. But it also may be that your body figures out how not to overreact after a while. After seeing this video I am interested in trying to make powder as well.
I'm wondering if you would sell some
Where are you located and are you still willing to share a cutting? I’m so sad our new house has no cactus and I want to start growing some.
Near Danville VA
Where do you live?
So beautiful
Thank you, Hope it was helpful, God bless 😊🌸
Me want your WhatsApp number
One more thing. Can the powder from the prickly pear cactus be used to make hot and cold tea or drinks and how can you use it. Thank you very much and God Bless
Yes the powder can be mixed with water and use as a cold drink or mix with other juices. It can be put in smoothies and I suppose if you wanted to have a warm mug of the drink you could certainly add it to warm water as well
i have a eastern prickly pear i got flowers this year but they didnt turn into fruits it stayed green n dried up not sure what happen ild like to get one of your kind do u ship pads? i hae diabetes and hear its good for it let me know ty
I am not in that business of shipping pads. Where do you live? State?
Can you put the fine powder in capsules
I would think so
What is preservation method to longer self life
Freeze drying is best if you can afford a freeze dryer. This will allow longer shelf life
Did you cook them before you started processing?
No, they are raw. 😊
What growing zone are you in? Also what state?
I am in mid VA. Near the NC line. Zone 7b
Can you plant these seeds after this process and will they germinate?
I never tried to plant seeds. The quickest way to grow is to plant the napale. You can literally just lay them on the ground and they will take root and grow.
How long do they last in the freezer?
I vacuum seal so I still have some from a few years ago I think. As long as they don’t get frost bite they should be fine for however long. Fruit really doesn’t go bad in freezer if sealed well. Maybe some freezer burn but 🤷♀️
At 1:14 instead of saying glochids (the hair-like spines on the cactus fruit) she called them prickers.....LOL. Gave me a good laugh.
This was a very informative video. I never knew you could get so many uses out of cactus fruit.
At 2:25, you said if you have one that is juicy and ripe and starting to ferment you don't use it. Why not? I would think those are the ones you would want.
Lol, you are right, the proper term I
Is “glochids” but the do “prick”!!
Glad is was informative though there are probably many more who are more learned than I. I made it to be helpful to others.
Concerning your question about if a fruit “tuna” that may be to ripe and starting to ferment. For my purpose of extracting the juice I prefer not using one that is already fermenting. Though I do make kombucha and add the prickly pear fig juice for my second ferment. I believe I only came across 1 or 2 that were fermented. But I do want them to be very ripe and juicy. Hope that helps☺️
Looks like you have lots of helpers! ❤ Harvesting today from my prickly pears I planted 4 years ago, call them what you will, I have prickers in my thumb…my knee…and even on my upper lip. Good thing I was very careful, because it seems I could have come out worse. 😂 I so wish I had a dehydrator, as I’d love to add that powder you made to my smoothies. The only thing I knew to do with these, before your video, was to boil them for the juice and make jelly. It’s pretty. Tastes good. But I hardly ever use jelly. I’m rethinking my nice little harvest of maybe 50 or so pears. I was also wondering if you might use the skins to make jelly and use the rest as you’ve shown? Maybe I need to watch again, but I don’t recall you using the skins. Thoughts?
I believe what I did that year was dehydrated the seeds and peel together then sifted the seeds clean, storing them for later use. Then the
Remaining powder would be the fleshly remains and peel. You can use that in smoothies for extra fiber.
This year I have been using my freeze dryer. A new investment. I am actually just throwing the fruit while in my k-Tec blender and blending whole. Then pour on trays to freeze dry. Then sift. I do rinse the fruit, but do not bother taking any glochids out. It all gets powdered and sifted anyways. Simple and quick.
What variety of Opuntia do you have?
I am not sure. It is the prickly pear cactus with red fruit.
My daughter in Indiana has a prickly pear but not the pink. Can I make jelly from those? I want a prickly pear pink like yours. Can you recommend a place to buy one I don't know where you live.
Can you recommend a place to buy a plant like yours? I would love to make jelly.
My sister and I are hardcore into seeds and plants and want to make jelly.
I have year to make an actual jelly. I mostly do the juice and freeze for smoothies. But I also thought about doing jelly this year. I don’t like to use a lot of sugar so need to experiment:)
We live in central VA near NC
I have so many napales that I would give away but I have never done mail orders. Best to wait till spring now because if you are in a freeze zone the napale will not take root well now unless you start in greenhouse
I would think asking as fruit is ripe it would be fine to use for jelly. There are different kinds of prickly pear and some do not turn red
Do you sale this products. I would love to buy from you
I am sorry, but no I do not do enough to sell. I always have plenty of prickly pear Napales to plant if others wanted to start there own plant. But my time is limited to have a mailing business.😗
I offer free napale to locals. Where do you live?
Do you have a online store selling this nutrition powder?
No I do not have an online store. Just make enough for my needs at this time. God bless🌱
Btw they can stop fire 🔥 going the other side and when you burn it it grows bigger they like ashes
Not sure I understand
Can I order some of the dry prickly pear powder?
Sorry, I do not sell the powder and actually I mostly make raw juice and freeze now.
Do you sell & ship the powder form?
No I do not. I mostly just juice it and make ice cubes to put in smoothies. I do not have enough to sell nor do I have a need to. Hope you can find a good source if you cannot grow yourself. There are places you can buy the powder.
God bless🌸
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You're keeping the skin on?
Have you watched the whole process?
@@Gods_creation.His_harvest Yes. I've noticed the rind tends to have a tangier flavor than the flesh, but that depends on the species of Opuntia. I bring in my experience into what I'm viewing. So, your brief elaboration makes for quicker understandings. Thank you.
@@bonsummers2657 For making raw juice it is quick and easy for me to just fill a blender with the fruit cut in half or quarters with a little water and blend. This makes it easier to strain out the juice as I showed on video. The skin and seeds are sifted out, dehydrated then dry sifted through various Screens. I find I have different by products that way. If we eat fresh we remove the peel. But I guess it just depends on the product you want and will use and the method that works best😊 God bless
@@bonsummers2657 I am not sure what species this is. It is common on our area.
What do you use the powder
I use in smoothies, drinks & kombucha
@@Familyadventures727 do you put the powder or the juice in the kombucha? Also do you know if you can pressure can the juice to use later?
@@deloresmiller6468 I do powder for kombucha but you can do juice also.
I have also steamed juice out of fruit, filled jars, and placed jars upside down to seal. Surprisingly they have done fine staying sealed that way. It’s just not raw that way and taste is different.
Do you sell the powder?
I already have a few that started wildly they are the dulce type hopeful to find seeds for a spineless variety
samantha nicholson I am sorry but I only process enough fo my purposes. But you can buy it.
@@Gods_creation.His_harvest do you know of a good place to buy? Thanks
samantha nicholson I don’t know any particular place but you can find it in amazon. Just google “prickly pear powder”
Your's are much bigger than mine. Maybe more goat fertilizer...
Just burn off the prickles! So much faster.
That is another option but the heat would affect the fruit I believe. You can also just cut off the ends and discard. Sometimes some glochids are on the side of the fruit but only if one is not careful to be sure it doesn’t rub against a Napale while picking. I would then rather use tweezers but one could burn as well. This is just what I did here in this video. Always great to hear others thoughts and experience.
I have also heard putting in hot water. When you have baskets of fruit you do want to find the most efficient method. I welcome any tips and thoughts on the process. God bless.